Royal wedding gives £480m sales boost to retailers

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Marks & Spencer expects to double sales of chicken drumsticks, while Waitrose has ordered 50% more cucumbers

Shops could reap a £480m boost from the royal wedding, the British Retail Consortium said yesterday. Tesco, said it expected the long weekend to be worth an extra £20m – almost double a normal May Day Bank Holiday. Among items predicted to be best-sellers are its Prince William champagne – of which a few hundred thousand bottles are available – at £19.99. Marks & Spencer expects to almost double its sales of chicken drumsticks to 1m. Waitrose has ordered 50% more cucumbers to meet demand for sandwiches.